James neil



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.y

JAMES NEIL, OF YORKVILLE, NEW YORK.

STIRRUP FOR RIDING-SADDLES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 18,246, dated September 22, 1857.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES NE1L, of Yorkville, New York, have invented anev7 and useful Improvement to Prevent the Foot from Being Held if aRider Falls From His Horse; and I hereby declare that t-he following isa full and exact description ot the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part ot thisspecification.

Like letters refer to like parts.

The stirrup may be made of any approved pattern, except the upper part,Which is inodied to suit the improvement, see Figure 2., also Fig. l.A,-crosspieoe which is held by the stirrup strap. B -rivet or screw,which allows the piece A, to Work easily in the joint. C-pin Which holdsthe end of A, firmly until D, D, D, is drawn back by the foot beingcaught in the stirrup. V'hen the piece D, D, D, is drawn back by thetoot, the pin C must dran7 out and liberate one end of the piece A, thuscausing the stirrup to fall, along with the foot, from the strap. Thepiece D, D, D, is kept Constantly out and the'pin C, consequently in, byany suitable spring, which in the above Fig. l, '1S a spiral springmarked S, S, S. It is neeessary that the piece D, D, D, F, F, shouldWork freely at the joints E, E, and for that purpose the stirrup may beprovided with any suitable projections such as those marked Gr, Gr,either outside or inside ot the pieces F, F, through which a pin may go.

What T claim as my invention and desire` to secure by Letters Patent is-The extension-piece or lever D, D, F, F. arranged and applied to thestirrup, so that w hen the rider falls, his foot, if it remain in thestirrup, shall operate the said extension piece or lever D, F, so as totree one end o the bar A, and thus release the stirrup from the stirrupstrap. Substantially in the manner above set forth.

JAMES NEIL.

Witnesses A. P. HoLBRooK, WVM. H. MASON.

